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...lackluster record has not been the only factor weakening Sir Alec's modernization theme. The presence of the fourteenth Earl of Home ("an elegant anachronism" in the words of Labour's leader Harold Wilson) at the head of a government drawn largely from England's exclusive public schools does not inspire a belief in Conservative renovation...
...pipe, the floors wood, the foundation concrete. But the technological advances of recent years have produced such an array of new building materials that both home buyer and home builder are often confused in making a choice. "There is more competition in the building industry than ever before," says Earl W. Hadland, merchandising manager of Chicago's Masonite Corp. "In outside siding, for example, it's wood v. aluminum v. hardboard v. plywood v. steel...
...trial lawyers would have allowed any members of the commission to be on a jury trying Oswald," said Lane. Each would be dismissed because of his connection with the government, since "the government is the prosecuting agent." Lane said that former CIA head Allen Dulles, and not Chief Justice Earl Warren, is "really running the whole show." Warren was appointed by President Johnson to chair the investigations...
...Earl Welch, 72, is a distinguished Chickasaw Indian. Senior member of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the state's highest tribunal, he has served 32 years, been chief justice two terms. Last week Justice Welch was haled before a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City, along with retired Supreme Court Justice N. S. Corn. Result: both judges were indicted for income tax evasion-$11,063 for Corn, $13,365 for Welch. If convicted, Justice Welch will quit the bench for a cell for a maximum of 25 years, pay a possible $50,000 fine...
...only to reverse its stand overnight after Storke was shown a list of dirty words from the book. When the John Birch Society moved into Santa Barbara, it roused no visible opposition from the News-Press-until the Birchers had the temerity to attack Storke's close friend Earl Warren. That move provoked an angry series of News-Press articles and a front-page Storke editorial that won him a Pulitzer Prize...